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LaVaughn Kelley

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Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

It's evolved a little bit. I would say initially, we still are faith-based, right? That hasn't changed. I think our driving point was that we knew as agents, right, that we're faith-based. So we weren't like mine, and we tried to...

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

It's evolved a little bit. I would say initially, we still are faith-based, right? That hasn't changed. I think our driving point was that we knew as agents, right, that we're faith-based. So we weren't like mine, and we tried to...

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

It's evolved a little bit. I would say initially, we still are faith-based, right? That hasn't changed. I think our driving point was that we knew as agents, right, that we're faith-based. So we weren't like mine, and we tried to...

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

expand it as much as we can but then we kind of figure out like it's not just the athletes right like we want the family we want the nucleus drive we want to be an extension of family as it comes about the transactional pieces that happens in the business of the sports industry we do our best to shy away from right we want to be able to build those relationships to be a part of that um and we even started a bible study that we have as an agency every wednesday right so

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

expand it as much as we can but then we kind of figure out like it's not just the athletes right like we want the family we want the nucleus drive we want to be an extension of family as it comes about the transactional pieces that happens in the business of the sports industry we do our best to shy away from right we want to be able to build those relationships to be a part of that um and we even started a bible study that we have as an agency every wednesday right so

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

expand it as much as we can but then we kind of figure out like it's not just the athletes right like we want the family we want the nucleus drive we want to be an extension of family as it comes about the transactional pieces that happens in the business of the sports industry we do our best to shy away from right we want to be able to build those relationships to be a part of that um and we even started a bible study that we have as an agency every wednesday right so

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

anyone that's affiliated in the sports industry industry that we have either a reach to or we can touch we invite them right when we go through books or go through certain passages in the bible every wednesday for the men and we know that we have to kind of walk that walk right you just can't be out here just preaching it and you're not living it what you live your creed right um so we do our best to not only be that example that others can emulate right but we try to pass on those tools because you never know when somebody's paying attention right and

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

anyone that's affiliated in the sports industry industry that we have either a reach to or we can touch we invite them right when we go through books or go through certain passages in the bible every wednesday for the men and we know that we have to kind of walk that walk right you just can't be out here just preaching it and you're not living it what you live your creed right um so we do our best to not only be that example that others can emulate right but we try to pass on those tools because you never know when somebody's paying attention right and

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

anyone that's affiliated in the sports industry industry that we have either a reach to or we can touch we invite them right when we go through books or go through certain passages in the bible every wednesday for the men and we know that we have to kind of walk that walk right you just can't be out here just preaching it and you're not living it what you live your creed right um so we do our best to not only be that example that others can emulate right but we try to pass on those tools because you never know when somebody's paying attention right and

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

when they do, what they take from you, right? Now, I'm not trying to say that I'm perfect by any means, right? I know I'm no saint. And I know where my shortcomings lie. But at the same time, I do know that I'm on a path that I try to instill in myself and in those around me a better way forward. And if I can touch one to just kind of be motivated to do that, then I think I've done my job.

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

when they do, what they take from you, right? Now, I'm not trying to say that I'm perfect by any means, right? I know I'm no saint. And I know where my shortcomings lie. But at the same time, I do know that I'm on a path that I try to instill in myself and in those around me a better way forward. And if I can touch one to just kind of be motivated to do that, then I think I've done my job.

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

when they do, what they take from you, right? Now, I'm not trying to say that I'm perfect by any means, right? I know I'm no saint. And I know where my shortcomings lie. But at the same time, I do know that I'm on a path that I try to instill in myself and in those around me a better way forward. And if I can touch one to just kind of be motivated to do that, then I think I've done my job.

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

I'm going to say a structure, a structure piece as far as how we implement certain programs, how we have certain milestones and checkpoints to make sure everything is running accordingly and efficiently, right? We know everything is not cookie cutter. We try to apply it and we have to be adaptable. So we Every day, there may be a change, right? But we always say as Intel, right?

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

I'm going to say a structure, a structure piece as far as how we implement certain programs, how we have certain milestones and checkpoints to make sure everything is running accordingly and efficiently, right? We know everything is not cookie cutter. We try to apply it and we have to be adaptable. So we Every day, there may be a change, right? But we always say as Intel, right?

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

I'm going to say a structure, a structure piece as far as how we implement certain programs, how we have certain milestones and checkpoints to make sure everything is running accordingly and efficiently, right? We know everything is not cookie cutter. We try to apply it and we have to be adaptable. So we Every day, there may be a change, right? But we always say as Intel, right?

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

The enemy has a factor in this decision process, right? So what we do depends on the enemy, right? So we just can't go out and just run A through Z. It's not how that works, right? So the enemy always has a play in that decision. And I think the next piece, when it comes to development, the mentor piece, I'm not the yes man, right? I haven't been that person. I don't know if I ever was that person.

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

The enemy has a factor in this decision process, right? So what we do depends on the enemy, right? So we just can't go out and just run A through Z. It's not how that works, right? So the enemy always has a play in that decision. And I think the next piece, when it comes to development, the mentor piece, I'm not the yes man, right? I haven't been that person. I don't know if I ever was that person.

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

The enemy has a factor in this decision process, right? So what we do depends on the enemy, right? So we just can't go out and just run A through Z. It's not how that works, right? So the enemy always has a play in that decision. And I think the next piece, when it comes to development, the mentor piece, I'm not the yes man, right? I haven't been that person. I don't know if I ever was that person.

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

So I can't be with a client and say, being my own person if I don't really give them the pros and cons right pluses and minuses the risks that maybe they have to be able to live with right with any decision that they make as a prior as an intel officer my career so I was always looking at the adversary courses of action as to how do we defeat this?

Mick Unplugged
LaVaughn Kelley | From Naval Officer to Sports Mentor: LaVaughn Talks Leadership and Faith

So I can't be with a client and say, being my own person if I don't really give them the pros and cons right pluses and minuses the risks that maybe they have to be able to live with right with any decision that they make as a prior as an intel officer my career so I was always looking at the adversary courses of action as to how do we defeat this?